That’s an incredible amount of wind power.
Comment on Germany hits 62.7% renewables in 2024 energy mix, with solar contributing 14%
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
UK for comparison (Average over year)
| GW | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | 0.18 | 0.6 |
| Gas | 8.31 | 27.7 |
| Solar | 1.52 | 5.1 |
| Wind | 9.36 | 31.1 |
| Hydroelectric | 0.41 | 1.4 |
| Nuclear | 4.36 | 14.5 |
| Biomass | 2.15 | 7.1 |
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
bazsy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The sum of those percentages is 87.5%. So what’s the rest, maybe import from France or Norway?
glimse@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There’s a joke in there about the power of hot air but I’m not confident enough in my knowledge of British politics to make it
addie@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Well, we’ve a single cable coming over from France that makes up about 3% (I think) of our total electricity supply. So “French Nuclear” should be a bigger entry in that table than coal, solar, hydro or bio. That’s not the only import, either, so it’s not completely impractical for the missing percentages to be imports.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HVDC_Cross-Channel
makingrain@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
There are other cables as well. One of them runs through the chunnel. The UK regularly gets upto 10% of its supply from France (seasonal, time, cost dependant)
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Yes it’s imports. Norway / France and Netherlands mainly.